Shloka 22
कर्णभीमसेनयुद्धम् | Karṇa–Bhīmasena Engagement
Chapter 111
व्यसृजत् सायकांस्तूर्ण रुक्मपुड्खान् शिलाशितान् | बलवान घटोत्कचद्वारा अत्यन्त क्षत-विक्षत होकर उस महाबली राक्षसराजने तुरंत ही सानपर चढ़ाकर तेज किये हुए सुवर्णमय पंखवाले बाणोंकी वर्षा आरम्भ कर दी ।। २१ $ || ते शरा नतपर्वाणो विविशू राक्षसं तदा
sañjaya uvāca |
vyasṛjat sāyakāṁs tūrṇaṁ rukmapuṅkhān śilāśitān |
te śarā nataparvāṇo viviśū rākṣasaṁ tadā ||
Sañjaya said: Then he swiftly discharged arrows—golden-feathered and stone-whetted. Those shafts, with their joints bent back by force, at that moment pierced into the rākṣasa. The scene underscores the relentless escalation of battle: skill and strength are turned toward wounding, while the moral weight of violence in a dharma-war remains palpable through the narrator’s sober tone.
संजय उवाच